Past Events



Education and Inequality: Lingxin Hao

Workshop
"Rural Migrant Children in China's Urban Schools: Patterns and Conceptual Issues"
Nov 9, 2012 at -

Professor of Sociology
Johns Hopkins University

Co-sponsored with the Center for East Asian Studies at the University of Pennsylvania…



Julian Go

Colloquium
"The Fields of Empire: the US and British Empires in Comparison"
Nov 7, 2012 at -

Associate Professor of Sociology
Boston University
 



Practice Job Talk: Rebbeca Tesfai

Workshop
Practice Job Talk
Nov 7, 2012 at -

Rebbeca Tesfai

PhD Candidate, Sociology and Demography, University of Pennsylvania



Education and Inequality: Emily Hannum and Hua-Yu Sebastian Cherng

Workshop
"Trends in Ethnic Disparities in Educational Attainment in China: Considering the Implications of Inter-ethnic Families"
Nov 5, 2012 at -

Emily Hannum (Associate Professor, Sociology and Education, University of Pennsylvania)

Hua-Yu…



Culture and Interaction: Carolyn Chernoff

Workshop
"Enacting Diversity: Social Interaction and Social Reproduction in Progressive Urban Arts Organizations"
Nov 2, 2012 at -

PhD Candidate, Joint Degree

Graduate School of Education
Sociology Department

University of Pennsylvania
 



Thomas Shapiro

Colloquium
"Closing the Racial Wealth Gap: Evidence Informing Policy Development" (CANCELLED)
Oct 31, 2012 at -

Pokross Professor of Law and Social Policy and Director, Institute on Assets and Social Policy
Brandeis…



Education and Inequality: Courtney Carter (CANCELLED)

Workshop
""Everything is Always and Only Black" Problematizing Blackness in Stakeholder Narratives of Organizational Problems at an Historically Black College/University (HBCU)."
Oct 29, 2012 at -

 Weekly meeting of the Education and Inequality Workshop. 



Family/Gender: Hyejeong Jo, Hyunjoon Park, and Jaesung Choi

Workshop
"Family as a Burden: Why Divorced Mothers Do Not live with Their Parents in Korea"
Oct 26, 2012 at -

Hyejeong Jo (PhD Student, Sociology, The University of Pennsylvania)
Hyunjoon Park (Associate Professor of Sociology, The University of Pennsylvania)
…



Economy and Society: Alexander Jerneck

Workshop
"The Emergence of Modern Incorporation in New Jersey"
Oct 26, 2012 at -

PhD Candidate
Department of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania



Sigal Alon

Colloquium
“Between Race and Class in Affirmative Action: Insights from a Comparative Study”
Oct 24, 2012 at -

Tel Aviv University
2012-13 Russell Sage Foundation Visiting Scholar